libertine

[ lib-er-teen, -tin ]
/ ˈlɪb ərˌtin, -tɪn /
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noun

a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
a freethinker in religious matters.
a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome.

adjective

free of moral, especially sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious.
freethinking in religious matters.
Archaic. unrestrained; uncontrolled.

Origin of libertine

1350–1400; Middle English libertyn < Latin lībertīnus of a freedman (adj.), freedman (noun), equivalent to lībert(us) freedman (apparently by reanalysis of liber-tās liberty as libert-ās) + -īnus -ine1

Words nearby libertine

liberius, libero, libertarian, libertas, liberticide, libertine, libertinism, liberty, liberty bell, liberty bodice, liberty bond

Words related to libertine

profligate, freethinking, lecher, sensualist, rake, voluptuary, debauchee, satyr, cyprian, dissolute, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, rakish, sensual, paillard

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British Dictionary definitions for libertine

libertine
/ (ˈlɪbəˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn) /

noun

a morally dissolute person

adjective

morally dissolute

Derived forms of libertine

libertinage or libertinism, noun

Word Origin for libertine

C14 (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin lībertīnus freedman, from lībertus freed, from līber free